Parlor-game cue.



Patented Nov. 28, |899.

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NrTED STATES PATENT Fries..

HENRY C. LEHMANN, OF l/VATERLOO, IOVA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF, EDWARD E. PEEK, JOHN W. RATH, AND LINCOLN E.PARK, OE SAME PLACE.

' PARLOR-GAIVIE CUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,877, dated November28, 1899.

Application filed February 17, 1899. Serial No. 705,778. (No model.)

To a/ZZ wir/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. LEHMANN, a a citizen of the United Statesof America,and resident of the city of Waterloo, Black Hawk county,State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inParlor- Game Cues, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cues adapted for use in parlor games, in whichthe percussion applied to a ball or counter by means of a snap of afinger is imitated; and the objectof my invention is to provide a devicewhich permits of such percussion being made with a more accurate aim indetermining the direction of the counter and with a more direct blowthereto.

With this object in view the invention consists of such a constructionand combination of parts as will more fully appear in the followingdescription and as will be referred to in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l represents Ya perspective View of myinvention, while Fig. 2' shows a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both figures.

A represents a tube or barrel, formed of wood, book-board, or any othersuitable material, centrally perforated, as shown in Fig. 2. Within saidperforation, constructed of slightly less diameter and adapted to movesmoothly within, is the divided rod or plunger B C.

The tip c of the rod C is of greater size than the body of the barrel A,as is also the finger-hold part B of the rod B, and projects beyond theends thereof. The tip c', on account of its greater diameter, isprevented from slipping back into the barrel A, and when placed inposition to impart movement to a counter and resting on the planesurface of the board is thereby raised to a sufficient height to allowof the blow being given to the middle portion of the counter. The tip cis furnished with a rubber head c2, secured within a slot in theanterior portion of tip.

The rod B has afinger-hold B', as is shown in drawings, facilitating theuse of same when the rod is drawn partly out of the barrel A, andprovided with a shoulder to prevent its being withdrawn into the barrelwhen released. The globular-shaped fingerhold Bis also provided with aslot for the admission of the rubber band E.

The inner end of the rod b is capped with a rubber disk b, and whichrenders noiseless its impact upon the inner end of the plunger C.

The plunger C is so constructed as to be about one-third the length ofthe barrel A.

At about the middle portion of the outside surface of the barrel A, onopposite sides thereof, are fastened the pins or lugs was. Therubber-band D, being rst looped around the barrel A and passed about thelugs m cc, is then drawn forward and slipped over and into the slot onthe rubber tip of the plunger C at C2. In like manner a rubber band ofgreater diameter and strength is looped about the barrelA and about thelugs xm and thence drawn back to the slotin the end of the finger-hold Band slipped therein. The small cross-pieces terminating the lugs aprevent the hands from becoming disengaged with the barrel.

In operation the cue is held in one hand, with the finger-hold B' in theother, the rubber head of tip of rod C being placed close to the counterwhich is to be driven across the board. After the requisite aim has beenobtained the finger-hold is released, when the shock of the impactproduced by the impelling of the inner rubber-tipped end of rod Bagainst the inner end of plunger C through the recoil of the rubber bandE drives with a quick snapping blow the tip c against the middle surfaceof the counter and propels it rapidly toward its destination withoutshoving. The force produced by the recoil of the rubber band E now beingexhausted, the lesser rubber band D, which had been stretched out onaccount of the outward movement of the plunger C, now in its turnrecoils and draws the rod C into position within the barrel A, where itlies ready for use in another blow.

The division of the plunger into two parts, as shown, enables the userto secure a more IOO accurate airn and inflict upon the counter aquicker and more effective bloT than can be the case with a cuepossessing a one-piece plunger, such as some which are now in use. Therelatively less and greater sized rubloer bands, arranged as shown, aremore easilyV adjusted and afford greater effect by aiding in theproduction of a snapping blow than could be secured by the luse of asingle spring.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A parlor-game cue cornprisin g a cylindrical perforated barrel, adivided rod B C extending entirely through the barrel with enlarged tipson the outer extremities projecting with- Signed by me at W'aterloo,Iowa, this 14th day of February, 1899.

HENRY C. LEHMANN.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. KNAPP, HENRY F. RICKERT.

